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XLFSPDRINDEX

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund

$57.48-0.62% today
485852-WK

The fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes securities of companies from the following industries: diversified financial services; insurance; banks; capital markets; mortgage real estate investment trusts ("REITs"); consumer finance; and thrifts and mortgage finance. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
56.053.050.157.48DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET −$1.3B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$832M walked out over the past month, about 1.4% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +4.6% so far this year. At 0.090% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$57.5Bassets under management
0.090%expense ratio · $9 per $10,000 a year
−$832Mnet flow, trailing month
29.9Mavg daily volume, 30 days
71holdings · US-domiciled
1998listed December 15, 1998 · beta 0.61
The book at a glance
JPM+0.6%BRKB+1.0%V+1.5%MA+2.1%BAC+0.5%GS-1.0%WFC-0.1%MS-0.3%C-0.6%SCHW+1.1%AXP+0.7%BLK+0.2%COF-0.1%SPGI+1.8%CB+1.4%PGR+1.5%BNY-0.2%BX+0.1%PNC-0.1%USB-0.3%CME+1.3%MRSH+1.1%ICETRVKKRAONMCOHOOD-4.9%ALLTFC

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1JPMJPMORGAN CHASE11.63%$363.33+0.6%
2BRKBBerkshire Hathaway Inc.12.16%$503.10+1.0%
3VVISA7.55%$364.18+1.5%
4MAMASTERCARD5.49%$574.22+2.1%
5BACBANK OF AMERICA4.93%$64.22+0.5%
6GSGOLDMAN SACHS GROUP3.95%$1040.03-1.0%
7WFCWELLS FARGO3.35%$87.39-0.1%
8MSMORGAN STANLEY3.32%$217.51-0.3%
9CCITIGROUP3.16%$137.72-0.6%
10SCHWSCHWAB CHARLES2.00%$111.80+1.1%
11AXPAMERICAN EXPRESS2.39%$338.55+0.7%
12BLKBLACKROCK1.84%$1155.31+0.2%
13COFCAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL1.66%$221.49-0.1%
14SPGIS&P GLOBAL1.64%$418.07+1.8%
15CBCHUBB1.63%$345.59+1.4%

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Sector weights
Financials96.66%
Financial Services96.59%
Finance76.9%
Commercial Services20.97%
Technology2.95%
Information Technology2.89%
Technology Services2.06%
Industrials0.46%
Other0.14%
Mutual fund0.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States97.64%
Switzerland1.87%
Ireland1%
Bermuda0.94%
United Kingdom0.49%
Other0.39%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.8%
1 month+2.2%
3 months+11.1%
6 months+11.3%
YTD+4.6%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$1.8B
1 month−$832M
3 months+$536M
YTD+$1.4B
1 year−$259M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-15.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 12.2% of the book; the top ten carry 58%. Spread across 78+ names, it behaves like roughly 21 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
35Kcalls today
51Kputs today
1.45put/call ratio
23.6Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP$32M$31M
COIN COINBASE GLOBAL$30M$18M
HOOD ROBINHOOD$21M$19M
BAC BANK OF AMERICA$11M$14M
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE$9M$9M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against XLF

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat XLF on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-4bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-5bp on fee · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-5bp on fee · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-5bp on fee · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-2bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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